Medical devices
10 Intuitive Surgical operations leaders
These ten current and former Intuitive Surgical operations leaders have held director-level or more senior operations and manufacturing roles at Intuitive, from global operations to sites in Mexico, Germany, Bulgaria and Malaysia and service operations in Asia. A reader can learn how operations leaders work at Intuitive Surgical from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Aguirre Carlos
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations · Intuitive
Vice President Operations at Intuitive since April 2019, in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, a role the profile places in Operations at vice president level. Aguirre Carlos is also listed as VP Manufacturing Ops North America at Intuitive since 2015 and was Director of Operations at Carefuison- Becton Dickinson (1994–2015).
Andrew Stone
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Manufacturing Operations · Intuitive
Senior Director, Manufacturing Operations at Intuitive since September 2026, in Blacksburg, Virginia, a role the profile places in Operations at director level. Andrew Stone also held Director, Manufacturing Engineering & Operations (2023–2026), Sr Manager, Operations (2021–2023) and Manager, Manufacturing (2019–2021) roles at Intuitive.
Arshdeep Sandhu
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Operations and Engineering · Intuitive
Sr. Director, Operations and Engineering at Intuitive since April 2026, in the San Francisco Bay Area, a role the profile places in Operations at director level. Arshdeep Sandhu was also Director of Operations and Engineering (2021–2026) and Senior Manager, Supplier Engineering (2013–2021) at Intuitive, and Staff Engineer/ Manager at ArthroCare Corporation (2005–2013).
Chris Adcock
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Customer Experience & Services and Asia Business Operations · Intuitive
Vice President Customer Experience & Services and Asia Business Operations at Intuitive since September 2026, in Tokyo, a role the profile places in Operations at vice president level. Chris Adcock is also listed as Sr Director Customer Experience & Service - APAC and held Director Customer Experience and Services (2020–2021) and Director of Field Operations Support (2019) roles at Intuitive.
Dean Birkmeier
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Operations · Intuitive
Senior Director of Operations at Intuitive since March 2022, in Peachtree Corners, Georgia, a role the profile places in Operations. Dean Birkmeier was also Director Operations Engineering (2021–2022), Director of Advanced Operations (2017–2020) and Director of Operations Engineering (2014–2017) at Stryker, according to the profile.
HT Eow
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operation · Intuitive
Vice President Operation at Intuitive since January 2026, in Malaysia; the profile headline reads Vice President of Operations, Malaysia, and the role description lists building, leading and developing a scalable manufacturing organization. HT Eow is also listed as Managing Director at Abbott (2015–2026) and Vice President at B. Braun Medical Inc. (US) (2012–2015).
Karpaga S.
LinkedInExperience: Former VP US Manufacturing Operations · Intuitive
Former VP US Manufacturing Operations at Intuitive (2021–2024), in Sunnyvale, California. Karpaga S. is currently VP Process Engineering (Multiport) at Intuitive and also held Vice President, Product Quality (2020–2021), Senior Director, Product Quality (2019–2020) and Director, Product Quality (2015–2019) roles there.
Mark Brosius
LinkedInExperience: Former SVP, Operations · Intuitive
Former SVP, Operations at Intuitive (2020–2023), in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mark Brosius is currently Chief Manufacturing & Supply Chain Officer at Intuitive, a role the profile says covers SIOP, supply chain, new product introduction, technical services, manufacturing, factory planning and logistics operations globally, and also held VP Operations, Surgical Instruments & Accessories (2016–2020) there.
Stoyan Stoyanov
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Manufacturing Operations · Intuitive
Senior Director Manufacturing Operations at Intuitive since November 2024, in Parvomay, Bulgaria; the profile headline names Intuitive Surgical Bulgaria EOOD. Stoyan Stoyanov was also MD Plant Manager at Ottobock (2019–2024), Plant Manager at Rubbertec GmbH (2018) and Production Manager at Grammer AG (2017–2018).
Sven Kupfer
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Operations / Plant Manager · Intuitive
Senior Director Operations / Plant Manager at Intuitive since March 2025, in Bieber, Hesse, Germany, a role the profile places in Operations. Sven Kupfer was also Director Operations at Leica Microsystems (2023–2025), Director Operations and Customer Care at Leica Camera AG (2021–2023) and Vice Director Operations at SwissOptic (2012–2016).
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Match the person's scope, such as global operations, a single plant or country site, US manufacturing or Asia service operations, to the question you bring. Check whether their Intuitive operations role is current or past before asking how operations work there today.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you stand up a new medical device plant in another country and bring it to the same quality level as existing sites?
- 02What does an operations leader need from engineering to move a surgical robotics product from introduction into steady production?
- 03How should service and customer experience operations be organized to support installed robotic systems across Asia?
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